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K. K. Corner Read-A-Loud Books |
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* REVIEWED BY: Wayne S. Walker, reviewer with Stories for Children Magazine What do you think might happen to a goose who sprains its ankle? Mee-Ander is a gander on the Friendly farm. He loves to waddle and wiggle and poke and crawl. That's how his name came about. One day, Mrs. Friendly calls Mee-Ander at feeding time but gets no response, so she goes searching for him. About ready to give up and go back to the farmhouse, she hears his honks and finds him pinched under the fence. When she finally gets him out, she notices that he has sprained his ankle. So Mrs. Friendly wraps his ankle in a soft cloth shoe and makes him a swing seat to ride on her clothesline with a little wheel called a whirligig. Will Mee-Ander recover? And what will the other geese think? Author K. K. Corner, who is a grandfather and enjoys telling children's stories, based his tale on a real event in which his aunt, Marie Friend, had a goose that injured its leg and she fixed him up just as Mrs. Friendly did Mee-Ander. The text originally appeared in the July, 1968, issue of Children's Friend magazine, predecessor to Friend. Now, Corner gives it to readers in a book, with full-page, color illustrations in a humorous style by Sharon L. Richert that portray the action well . Though written in prose, the language contains just the right amount of rhyming, alliteration, and repetition that young kids will love to have read to them over and over, and beginning readers will find enjoyable to tackle on their own. One of five K. K. Corner Read-A-Loud Books, Mee-Ander the Gander is certainly a keeper. See a story about K. K. Corner in his local newspaper. http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/north_king/bkn/community/60099087.html. * REVIEWED BY: Wayne S. Walker, reviewer with HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Rating: 5 stars (EXCELLENT) Corner, K. K. Jaw-Jaw the Donkey. How do you think that a young donkey learns to say “Hee-Haw”? Jaw-Jaw the donkey lives on a farm where he has never seen nor heard another donkey. His friends all tell him that donkeys make a special sound, but he doesn’t know how to do it. The wise old scarecrow has heard the sound, and he tells Jaw-Jaw that the young donkey must “laugh—long and loud and lofty.” Should he say “Caw-Caw” like the crows? Should he say “Seesaw Jackdaw” like the children playing in the park? Should he say “MMmmmmmrrrrrRRR” like the sound in the barn when the wind blew? What will it take to get Jaw-Jaw to sound like a donkey? And how will blackbirds help? K. K. Corner, the author of Mee-Ander the Gander and several other children’s books, relates a fun story in which a young donkey will encourage youngsters to look for their own place in life and to find a wise mentor who can help them in doing it. The colorful, full-page drawings by Sharon L. Richert, who also illustrated Mee-Ander the Gander and other books by Corner, depict farm life during spring planting, summer greenery, and fall harvest. Corner, who raised five children and is grandfather of eight, enjoys writing stories for young readers and has created a memorable character that kids will really enjoy in Jaw-Jaw the Donkey.
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